Garissa Town MP Aden Duale has dismissed claims by opposition leader Raila Odinga that he was a nobody in politics when they knew each other in 2007.
He further says that he financed Mr. Odinga including paying for his accommodation during the heated 2007 general elections.
On Thursday, Odinga accused Duale of betrayal adding that he single handedly picked him and campaigned for him in then Dujis constituency where he won on an ODM ticket.
“Picked me where and when? In 2007, it is I who delivered more than 10 MPs in North Eastern for ODM and heavily funded his campaigns,” he told the Star on phone.
Duale added: “To the contrary, I added value to Raila’s politics by giving him a national outlook; from a Luo elder to a national leader.”
He said his significance in ODM was manifested in 2013 after he decamped to URP where he delivered 15 MPs from the North Eastern region.
The National Assembly Majority Leader has often hit on Odinga’s political leadership and is not a stranger to controversy when dealing with opposition leaders.